Smart Pointer Documentation Feedback

From: Ray_S_Gallimore_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-04-26 07:34:47

Hello,

Many thanks to all who make these libraries available.

I found the smart pointer documentation to be very good.  Here is some
errata:

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The scoped_ptr docs under the Handle/Body Idiom says:

"One common usage of shared_pointer ..."

For this section of the documentation, shouldn't 'shared_pointer ' be
'scoped_ptr' ?

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The shared_ptr docs under shared_ptr example says:

"Note that at the termination of the creation loop, some of the FooPtr
objects may have use_count()==1 rather than
use_count()==2, since foo_set is a std::set rather than a std::multiset."

This implies that std::set will reject a duplicate key.  But, given the
example as written, won't 'new' always produce a unique value - and hence a
unique key?  That is, if the set objects are ordered based on the address
of Foo objects, the use_count() will always be 2 at the termination of the
creation loop.

Thanks again.

Ray